Full Text of HR0191 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate the Newark High School | 4 | | Boys Basketball team on the occasion of becoming the 2011 | 5 | | Illinois High School Association Class 1A State Champions; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, The Newark Norsemen made their first ever | 7 | | appearance in the Illinois High School Association State | 8 | | tournament this year after reaching the Super-Sectionals in | 9 | | each of the last two years; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, The Norsemen were outstanding all year earning a | 11 | | 26-1 regular season record and a perfect 8-0 record in the | 12 | | Little Ten Conference Tournament, where the team defeated its | 13 | | opponents by an average of 32 points; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, The Newark team outscored its seven postseason | 15 | | opponents by an average of 25 points, including an impressive | 16 | | 22-point victory in the Championship game at Carver Arena in | 17 | | Peoria, where it set the Class 1A Title Game team records for | 18 | | field goal percentage (54.3%), assists (15), steals (15), and | 19 | | blocks (5); and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, The Norsemen are led by Head Coach Rick Tollefson, | 21 | | who, in five years with the team, has built a remarkable 115-35 |
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| 1 | | record and led the team to the first State title in Newark High | 2 | | School history; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, The members of the varsity Newark Boys Basketball | 4 | | Team are: seniors, Jeremy Anderson, Kyle Anderson, John Avery, | 5 | | Cameron Berg, Paul Hines, Gregory Hughes, and Sune Klarskov; | 6 | | juniors, David Hillard, Andrew Lehman, Kenny Kratzer, Jacob | 7 | | Ramey, and Taylor Wright; and sophomore, Brett Anderson; | 8 | | therefore, be it
| 9 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 10 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 11 | | we congratulate the Newark High School Boys Basketball team on | 12 | | their victory and pursuit of excellence and wish them continued | 13 | | success in the future; and be it further
| 14 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 15 | | presented to the members and coaches of the Newark High School | 16 | | Boys Basketball team as a symbol of our respect and esteem.
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